henro_ben •
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Have been playing these since Fallout 1, can't wait for number 4! I really loved Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, thought it was an excellent tactical shooter, but my favourite is still Fallout 2, just ticked ALL the boxes for me.

Didn't the American version allow you to shoot children, but they had to remove them from the UK & European releases? I certainly remember lots of random dialogue appearing in towns as they'd just removed the sprites, but the kids remarks would still show. For ages I thought they were meant to be ghosts and every settlement in the wastes was haunted!

Very tempted to fire up New Vegas for another go, encountered a game killing bug the first time and gave up. Maybe by now it's been patched enough to actually work...! Reply+2

I've dabbled with DLC but so far very little has been worth the price for me, it usually just doesn't really interest me as it's either too little, too late or my attention has moved on to the latest shiny new release.

Half the time I can't even be bothered to redeem the codes for free DLC that come in the box.

I'm sure many like extending their favourite games, but personally DLC adds very little value to a title for me. Reply+3

Pfft! What a load of rubbish, there was loads of advertising in the run up to Christmas for this.

I picked up Enslaved & Castlevania: LOS and LOS was by far the better game. Enslaved was enjoyable enough, but it's gameplay was sadly rather dull and repetative and its demo was dreadful. I had to force myself to finish it for the story, not because I was enjoying playing the game. Castlevania however was rip-roaring fun right up until the end. Reply+4

Hmmm.... to be honest 'adequate' isn't really the experience I'd want after spending £70 on a console. Sounds frustrating, especially as you have no idea of what might be causing the problems.

Played it at the expo and was surprised at how little noticeable controller lag it had, although the graphics themselves did show noticeable artifacting. Felt like everything had been smeared with vasaline.

Impressive tech demo, but not a product I'd actually be willing to spend real money on. At least not yet... Reply+11

I'm not anti DA2, I'm just anti DLC. I've yet to play any that has actually been worth the money, I can see the value perhaps for maps etc. for multiplayer games but for RPG's they're just too little, too late.

Seems believable enough, certainly I found Fallout 3 more stable than Oblivion, and Oblivion seemed more stable than Morrowind in hindsight, had some terrible saved game corruption in Morrowind originally.

The fact that it's a) open world and b) you can warp out of missions at any time must make it a nightmare to test. Was it Morrowind where it just used to end the game if you accidently killed someone random npc who was needed later on?

Fallout 3 New Vegas however is shockingly unstable, even after all the patches. Reply+3

DLC is invariably too short, too expensive and too late and I've usually moved on to something else by the time it's come out. Utterly sick of it and I remain unconvinced that it offers any real benefit to the end user at all.

I loved Fable 1, and enjoyed Fable 2 but I'd run out of interest by the time Fable 3 came along & still haven't picked it up.

Personally I'd much prefer them to try their hand at something new. Sure, sometimes they overpromise and under deliver a bit with their games but they always sounded interesting - yet another Fable game just sounds lazy and dull. Reply+1

I can't help but feel that BioWare have lost their way somewhat in the last couple of years.

I'll keep an eye on their upcoming games, but the days of first day purchase of the latest BioWare RPG are gone for me I fear. Dragon Age 2 felt too much like a rushed cash in and I do hate the drip feeding of DLC - just give me a nice fat expansion disc 12 months later, much more satisfying. Reply+24

I hope the actual game is nothing like this... it looks dreadful!Why does everyone explode when he waves his sword at them? I'm presuming we can still pause combat and issue orders etc. rather than run around like a hyperactive kid full of too many E numbers? Reply+2

I bought this and Castlevania and whilst Enslaved looked quite nice and had decent voice actors in it the game itself was... pretty medeocre and average. Ninja Theory just don't seem to be able to crack the gameplay bit of games sadly.

Castlevania on the other hand had some ropey voice acting on occasion and a pretty generic story but was actually a lot of fun to play. Reply-1

I'm feeling a bit sorry for the Hulk after seeing that, he has to make do with a teeny-tiny pair of ripped trousers whilst the She-Hulk is not only prancing round in a designer leotard but also gets shoes AND socks!Blatant favouritism that's what it is. Reply0

For me, nothing in this review fixes the crushing disapointment of encountering kinect at the expo last month.

I was originally quite keen on the idea, but the reality costs too much and delivers too little for me personally. I'm surprised Joy Ride managed 5/10 though, from the expo I thought that was crusing for a kicking in the reviews.

Think I'll stick with the standard xbox controller for the time being at least... Reply+8

Had a quick play at the expo with this and it still has the feel and atmosphere that the first one did, at least the demo bit did anyway. Mixing it up sounds good in theory though, the first one did get a bit samey towards the very end.

For me Dead Space is single player & needs no multiplayer additions, although I'm sure some will enjoy it.